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– Management Team –
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Managing Director
Founder & Chief Executive OfficerYosuke Kaneko
- Chief Research and Development Engineer, Disaster Response Aviation Technology Team, Aeronautics Engineering Division, JAXA
- Chief Strategy Officer, Terra Drone
- Accenture Strategy Manager
- Unmanned Aircraft Operation Management System Committee Member
- Global UTM Association Member
- Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics
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Director
Chief Operating OfficerTakayoshi Koyama
- Managing Director, ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc.
- Yamato Group Global Strategy Headquarters Function (General Manager, International Strategy Headquarters, Yamato Global Logistics Japan Co., etc. )
- Honda Motor Co.
Held multiple positions as Head of Overseas Divisions in the Global HQ (General Manager, Africa & Middle East Division , Africa & Middle East Regional Operations / General Manager, Asia & Oceania Overseas Operation Office, Asia & Oceania Regional Operations, etc.)Held multiple positions as Head of Overseas Subsidiaries ( France,Italy, etc.)
- Graduated from Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of English Studies
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DirectorSoki Ohmae
- Co-founder / Managing Partner of DRONE FUND
- Professor of Digital Marketing, Business Breakthrough University
- Founder and CEO of CREATIVE HOPE, Inc.
- Dronegrapher®
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Vice Chief Executive OfficerMasaki Umeda
- Research Assistant, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
- Business Incubator, WASSHA Inc.
- Project Assistant, U.S.-Japan Council
- B.S. in Social Infrastructure, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
- Research on socio-economic evaluation of drone blood delivery business in African countries
– R&D Advisor Team –
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Chief Research and
Development OfficerKatsuya Hasegawa
- Researcher, JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Ph.D. of Medicine / Ph.D. of Engineering / Bachelor of Agriculture
- Development of drones for Antarctica, Vanuatu volcanoes, and other special environments
- Research on inter-island medical supplies transportation using drones (Amami Oshima Medical Association), etc.
- Member of Amami Islands Medical Future Council
- Director, Society for Human Resource Development
- Director of Finance, Institute of Image Electronics and Imaging Engineers of Japan
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Pro Bono R&D Advisor
(Consultant Team)Toshiyuki Takeda
- Partner (Representative Partner), Misono Sogo Law Office
- Involved in the preparation of the “Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Unmanned Aircraft Operations for the Examination of Safety Assurance Measures” as a member of the Fukushima Robot Test Field Risk Assessment Guideline Preparation Working Group.
- Has been involved in the study of risk management for drone operations and related legal arrangements, such as giving a lecture on legal arrangements for drone flights over private property to the Municipal Network for Drones and Flying Cars (UIC2-Japan).
- Recent publications include “Introduction to Drone Utilization: A Handbook for Social Implementation in the Level 4 Era” (co-authored, University of Tokyo Press).
– Business Team –
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Head of Africa BusinessMary Yeboah Asantewaa
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Marketing &
Communication SpecialistShin Tsunoda
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European business ConsultantRalph Ankri
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Pro Bono BD Global StrategyMasahiro Yamaguchi
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Pro Bono Project Consultant
(APAC Business)Kanae Kawashima
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Pro Bono Project Consultant
(DX Design)Takefumi Takagi
– R&D Team –
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Technical Lead Hiroki Kato
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Technical Specialist(Hardware)Juhoe Kim
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Air Control SpecialistYoshiichi Soshino
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Technical SpecialistYu Takagi
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Technical SpecialistKotaro Hirayama
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Technical SpecialistAyane Fukushima
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Technical Specialist (Software / AI)Mako Yokozawa
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Technical Specialist (Software / AI)Kazuki Hoshi
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Pro Bono Technical Specialist
(Consultant Team)Sumie Soneoka
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Pro Bono Technical SpecialistMasamitsu Kawamoto
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Pro Bono Technical SpecialistShunsuke Nakatani
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Pro Bono Project Consultant
(Biological R&D)Daniel Addo-Gyan
– Backoffice Team –
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Technical Team Support / General AffairsMayu Kakushin
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Human Resources / Accounting SpecialistShotaro Fujimoto
– Local Support Team –
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Sierra Leone / System and database Administrator, Njala UniversityLamin Josephus Kargbo
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Sierra Leone / Network Planning Manager, Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority Abdul Conteh
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Bhutan /Marketing / Partner, Drukhost, Green e-SolutionsSangay Tshering